The heart of the new DU site for prospective students is finding the degree program of your choice. We accomplish this through our "find a degree by subject" tool.
The question then becomes what is the best way to group all of DU's academic programs from a subject point of view? Here's one way to do it. The information in parenthesis could be listed out in the chart as a helpful addition, but I add it mainly to show what I would place in some groups.
- Arts, Performing & Visual (art, design, music, theater)
- Business (all the Daniels programs, economics)
- Communications (MCOM, HCOM, journalism)
- Education
- Engineering & Computers
- Humanities (philosophy, religious studies, languages & literature)
- International Studies
- Law
- Natural Sciences & Math
- Political Science & Public Policy (maybe listed under social science
below?) - Social Sciences (psychology, anthropology, sociology, social work, criminology)
One thing to consider is whether to place a program in more than two places if its curriculum blurs across the chosen topics. For example (and this might be a bad example but bear with me), marketing could be listed under both business and communications because of its association with advertising. I don't think there are a lot of programs that would be listed multiple times, but it should be a tactic we use if it helps students find a program.
Of course, we'll test our ideas, but we need a place to start and here it is. As always, please add your thoughts.
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